Keith Cullen

Financial planning

‘Repeatable growth’ key for WT Financial Hubco model

WT Financial’s managing director, Keith Cullen, believes the firm’s Hubco model with Merchant Wealth Partners will be a “repeatable growth model” for the business as it s...

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WT's Cullen on challenging UK and US advice players

WT Financial’s Keith Cullen is eager for its Hubco initiative to see advice firms under its licence trade at multiples which are catching up to those UK and US financial ...

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WT Financial announces joint venture with US player

Advice licensee WT Financial has announced a 50/50 joint venture with the Australian subsidiary of a US financial advice investor....

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Scaling up a ‘bigger, better and stronger’ advice network

WT Financial managing director, Keith Cullen, says the firm is looking inward when it comes to M&A, with a focus on helping practices in its network become “bigger, bette...

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‘Halcyon days ahead’ for advice profession

WT Financial managing director Keith Cullen believes it is “halcyon days ahead” for financial advice as it completes a four-year period of M&A activity, with the licensee...

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WT Financial’s Cullen shares indicative FY24 results

Licensee WT Financial Group has shared its indicative results for the 2023–24 financial year, including the impact of the Millennium3 acquisition from Insignia Financial....

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Licensee petition launched to seek CSLR amendments

A group of licensees have put together a petition calling on the government to fix major issues around the CSLR levy and Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legislation....

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The ‘ticking time bomb’ of the first QAR tranche

Appearing before the Senate economics committee, WT Financial managing director Keith Cullen has described the first tranche of QAR legislation as a “ticking time bomb” i...

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The need for a unified voice between product and advice

Sharing his reasoning in joining the FSC board, WT Financial managing director, Keith Cullen, believes “product and advice cannot be separated” from each other in the cur...

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What makes a successful advice practice?

The head of one of Australia’s largest licensees has shared the top characteristics that he looks for in creating a successful advice practice as more and more firms prov...

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WT Financial turns to organic growth following M3 acquisition

With three years of M&A activity under its belt, WT Financial reflects on its recent acquisition of Millennium3 from Insignia and says it is now well positioned to achiev...

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WT Financial’s Cullen on being first out of the gate on advice M&A

WT Financial Group managing director, Keith Cullen, believes the current M&A activity in financial advice is long overdue, having been accused of “running into a burning ...

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Unpacking the label of a ‘micro-AFSL’

An emerging debate has looked at whether self-licensed firms should be differentiated by virtue of their scale compared to institutional licensees and dealer groups when ...

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Advisers short-selling themselves by up to 50%: WT Financial

Advice firms should be targeting as much as $700,000 per annum per adviser in ongoing advice fees as clients could be willing to pay higher advice fees than advisers are ...

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WT Financial forecasts 130% NPAT increase

WT Financial is expecting to see a 130 per cent increase in net profit after tax, as it releases indicative results for FY22–23, and CEO Keith Cullen believes the outlook...